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.pandanus leaf) church hats, shell-and-rito quickly, and if you leave it too late, chances A traditional  Atiuan legend says that the first people to establish a settlement on Manuaefans, shell jewellery, wooden drums, uke- are your first choices won t be available.were two  Atiuan brothers and their Aitutakian wives.Naturally enough, this version of eventsleles, kikau (palm leaf) brooms, and colour- See p179 for more information about Air is hotly disputed by Aitutakians, who maintain that the island was first discovered by the greatful pareu (sarongs) and T-shirts.Rarotonga s flights and multi-island deals.Polynesian explorer Ruatapu, a contemporary of Tangi ia (one of the two great chiefs who set-Island crafts and souvenirs are available tled Rarotonga) and later one of the great chiefs of Aitutaki.Ruatapu is traditionally said to haveat a handful of shops in the Orongo Centre, Boat given the island its name: Manu Enua (land of birds), which later became Manuae.His son Tupuiincluding Moana Creations (%31718; h8.30am- See p180 for details on cargo ship services is thought to have christened the other atoll Te-Au-O-Tupui (Kingdom of Tupui), giving rise to3pm Mon-Sat).Also try some of the small shops between Rarotonga and Aitutaki.Often a the islet s present-day name.around the island, which mostly operate stop on Aitutaki is included in trips from Manuae has the notable honour of being the first of the modern-day Cook Islands to be seenfrom people s houses; Anitonia s Handicrafts Rarotonga to the Northern Group islands.by James Cook.He sped past in 1773, naming it Hervey Island (the name he eventually applied to(%31207; Vaipae) is worth a look, but the The narrow reef passage is too hazardous for the entire group).In 1777, on his third and final voyage, Captain Cook stopped and spoke withopening hours are somewhat erratic.the inhabitants via his trusty Tahitian interpreter, Omai.Whether it had been settled by  Atiuans0 2 kmor Aitutakians originally, in 1777 Omai was told that Manuae was under the control of  Atiu  itsMANUAE0 1 mileGETTING THERE & AWAY people, like those of Ma uke and Mitiaro, subservient to an  Atiuan ariki (chief ).Air In 1823 the missionary John Williams visited the island and found about 60 inhabitants.How-Aitutaki s airstrip was built by US forces in ever, soon afterwards, a group of Aitutakians gathering coconuts on Manuae were killed by theWWII.It s the only airport in the Cooks locals, and the resulting punitive raid all but wiped out Manuae  there were only a dozen or sowith a two-way runway and, relative to the people left in the late 1820s, and European missionaries transplanted those to Aitutaki.Mataarasize of the planes that land here, it s enor- Later, a series of Europeans made temporary homes here.The best-known was the ubiquitousmous  big enough for Boeing 737s.There TurakinoWilliam Marsters, who in 1863 was moved to Palmerston Atoll with his three wives (see p146) inTe Au O TuLandingPassageDDDDare rumours that the airstrip might be devel- order to become the island s caretaker.oped to cater for larger planes; the tumble- Manuae was occasionally used as a penal settlement between the 1890s and early 1900s,EEManuaedown terminal has recently been rebuilt and Turakino where prisoners were sent to cut copra before the construction of the Rarotonga jail.Since thenRuakauArekaiis now rather grandly referred to as  Aitutaki it has been uninhabited except for occasional coconut-harvesting visitors from Aitutaki, and theEEEInternational Airport.Watch this space.Arikirauruodd (very lucky) fishermen.There s an airstrip on Manuae, visible as you fly over en route fromNanupotoEThere are several daily flights from Raro- Aitutaki to  Atiu, but it hasn t been used for many years.tonga to Aitutaki from Monday to Satur- These days it s the birds and turtles that rule Manuae, and if you have an opportunity toDDDDDDday, as well as one flight on Sunday.Regular visit, you ll be one of the fortunate few.The only vessel that s likely to go anywhere near theS O U T Hfares are NZ$168 each way; cheaper fares are P A C I F I C island is the Bounty Bay (p70), based on Rarotonga, which visits on occasions, although mainlyO C E A Navailable if you book early and are happy to for research purposes.To AitutakiAtoll (101km)lock yourself into a particular flight.ManuaeDDDA I T U T A K IAITUTAKI© Lonely Planet Publications112 www.lonelyplanet.com© Lonely Planet Publications.To make it easier for you to use, access to this chapter is not digitallyrestricted.In return, we think it s fair to ask you to use it for personal, non-commercial purposesonly.In other words, please don t upload this chapter to a peer-to-peer site, mass email it toeveryone you know, or resell it.See the terms and conditions on our site for a longer way of sayingthe above -  Do the right thing with our content.AITUTAKI [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]